of Love on Indigo Road, 2004 John Gardner Fiction Award for The River Wife, Binghamton University, 2008 Distinguished Artist Award in Fiction, Nebraska Arts Council, 2009 Backwaters Press Publication Award, Nebraska Arts Council, 2009 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contribution to Midwestern Literature, The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, 2009 George Garrett Award, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2010 Outstanding Research and Creativity Award (ORCA), University of Nebraska, 2010 References External links “Writing History: Jonis Agee Weaves the Pioneer Past into a New Novel” by Alden Mudge, [BookPage] "Emotions Run Swift in River Wife," [USA Today], August 13, 2007 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty description of Agee 1943 births Living people Novelists from Missouri Novelists from Nebraska Novelists from Minnesota American historical novelists American women novelists American women short story writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American women screenwriters 20th-century American essayists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Women historical novelists 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century essayists Binghamton University alumni 21st-century American non-fiction writers Screenwriters from Minnesota Screenwriters from Nebraska Screenwriters from Missouri